The end of the moment we had
By: Toshiki Okada ; translated by Sam Malissa
Contributors: Malissa, Sam, translator
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
ISBN-13: 9781782274162
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; Fiction
Work titles: Watashitachi ni yurusareta tokubetsu na jikan no owari
Description: "On the eve of the Iraq War, a man and a woman meet in a nightclub in Tokyo. They go to a love hotel, and spend the next five days in a torrid affair. Written in a stream of consciousness, with the reader's perceptions shifting and melting into one another, what is remarkable in this story is not what happens, but the ability of the writer to enter the minds and memories of the protagonists. In the second story, a woman living in a damp flat obsesses on the filthy state of her dwelling. She remains in bed for the duration of the narrative, but the drama and tension of her inner life - spiralling further and further into her memories and anxieties - keep the reader engrossed to the very end. The End of the Moment We Had demonstrates the fluidity and richness of this extraordinarily gifted writer's language and ideas."--Publisher's description.
Notes: Translated from the Japanese.

Winner, Kishida Kunio Drama award
Table of contents: title: The end of the moment we had; title: My place in plural